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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #218 "The Secret Villain the World Never Knew" (145o)

Publication Date: 7/76

Creators: Cary Bates, Mike Grell

Roll Call: Clark, Kirt Niedrigh / Earth Man, Tyroc, Rokk, Nura, Gim, Infectious Lass

Plot Summary:

Tyroc comes to join the Legion and they haze him with "Koraz," a made-up villain who's actually Dirk or Clark in a costume, depending on the instance. Tyroc passes their test and is about to be inducted. The previously rejected Earth Man gets upset that they chose Tyroc instead of him and wears the Koraz suit, since his Absorbency Boy powers give him the powers of Dirk and Clark since they were wearing the suit and apparently left some radiation in there that he could absorb. Tyroc outsmarts and defeats him with a super-sonic scream, knowing he would in his inexperience turn on the super-hearing full-blast. They induct Tyroc.

Notes:

Kirt thinking Tyroc stole his job is too topical

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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #258 "The Mind-Attack of the Psycho-Warrior!" (186o)

Publication Date: 12/79

Creators: Gerry Conway, Joe Staton, Dave Hunt, Milt Snapinn, Gene D'Angelo

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Plot Summary:

The Psycho-Warrior escapes from St. Croix and targets Clark, Dirk, Garth, and Imra. He reads their files on the computer to find their greatest psychological weaknesses.

The Legionnaires accuse President Kandru of stealing from Brande, and he admits to it but it was for the greater good of Earth. Brande tells the government to keep the money. The Legionnaires are offering to help Brande regain his fortune when Dirk is attacked by darkness and goes into a catatonic withdrawal. Imra is attacked by too many voices and passes out. Garth is attacked by an illusion of Imra crumbling into dust and goes into shock.

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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #257 "Who Stole the Legion?"/"Once a Legionnaire..." (185o)

Publication Date: 11/79

Creators: Gerry Conway, Joe Staton, Dave Hunt, Ben Oda, Gene D'Angelo // Gerry Conway, Steve Ditko, Dan Adams, Ben Oda, Gene D'Angelo

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Plot Summary:

Cham, Vi, Mon, and Tasmia investigate Brande's computer to try to figure out why he's going bankrupt, and find that the president of Earth has been stealing his funds.

Brainy, Rokk, Imra, Garth, and Clark are arrested, but an earthquake caused by the park's anti-grav generators begins that they must put a stop to. They are released because it makes it look like they commandeered the park to save lives.

Tinya, Jo, Ayla, and Brin work on the Clubhouse repairs.

Chuck and Luornu are colonists on Wondil IX for privacy, but their cover is blown and the colonists get really excited. To avoid responsibility, they take the colonists to a totally harmless ice dragon and pretend to be defeated. The colonists defeat it themselves and they're relieved of the responsibility.

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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #256 "This Is Your Life--and Death, Brainiac 5!" (184o)

Publication Date: 10/79

Creators: Gerry Conway, Joe Staton, Dave Hunt, Ben Oda, Gene D'Angelo

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Plot Summary:

Rokk, Garth, Imra, and Clark receive the report that Brainy's sanity has gotten worse and is permanent.

Meanwhile, Cham, Vi, Mon, and Tasmia investigate Brande's bankruptcy.

The sanity crew go to Cosmic World and commandeer the amusement park.

The other Legionnaires work on repairing the clubhouse.

The sanity crew begin showing Brainy his own childhood memories using the amusement park hologram equipment while the SPs try to stop them. They cure Brainy's insanity this way, but are arrested by the SPs.

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DC Comics Presents (1978) #13 "To Live in Peace-- Nevermore!" (183o)

Publication Date: 9/79

Creators: Paul Levitz, Dick Dillin, Dick Giordano, Jerry Serpe, Ben Oda

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Plot Summary:

Clark stumbles upon an interstellar war, in which one side is Nyrvn, a planet of kidnappers who kidnap entire planets and enslave them as warriors. He's about to stop Nyrvn when the Legionnaires show up and tell him to leave Nyrvn alone so that their tech develops enough to help save the Earth in the future.

Pete Ross asks Clark to save his son, Jon who was kidnapped by the Nyrvns. Clark tries to stop the Millenium War to prove a point that he can change the past, but he fails. He realizes he can't rescue Jon because Jon is going to be the hero of Nyrvn.

To make sure no one dies in the Millenium War, he makes an artificial globe full of Superman bots to make a "war game" that will develop Nyrvn but not kill anyone.

Pete can't forgive Clark and marches off.

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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #255 "The Super-Spectacles Swipe" (182o)

Publication Date: 9/79

Creators: Gerry Conway, Joe Staton, Vince Colletta, Ben Oda, Gene D'Angelo

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Plot Summary:

An alien switches Clark's Kr glasses to regular glasses and uses the lenses to make special weapons. The Legionnaires summon him for help with a robbery at the Superman Museum, where a time projector that was stolen to steal Clark's glasses. In the 30th century, the people of Tokyo were sent to a similar dimension to the Phantom Zone and the Gorgli is demanding 10000 slaves for the interstellar slave market in exchange for the 10 million Tokyo-dwellers. Wildfire relates how he and a small team tried to stop the Gorgli but couldn't, so they asked Clark for help with the glasses-enhanced weapons. The Legionnaires travel back in time and pick up a lens from Jor-El's workshop and use it to build a weapon to defeat the Gorgli. Clark gets his glasses back.

Notes:

Superman Museum in Metropolis

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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #254 "A Madman Shall Lead Them" (181o)

Publication Date: 8/79

Creators: Gerry Conway, Joe Staton, Dave Hunt, Todd Klein, Gene D'Angelo

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Plot Summary:

Clark goes to ask Brainy for help at St. Croix and is assassinated by Lazon. Meanwhile, the Brande delegation gets the news that Brande is just as broke as they are. Brainy goes to the Subs for help. He explains that the six Legionnaires are in suspended animation, not dead, bc of chemical agents they ingested while on their night on the town activated by Clark's x-ray vision. Brainy leads the Subs to defeat the League, and they use Lazon's radiation to cure the Legionnaires. They are left wondering about a cure for Brainy and the identity of the "Dark Man" who gave the League their powers.

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SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #253 "Night of the Super-Assassins!" (180o)

Publication Date: 7/79

Creators: Gerry Conway, Joe Staton, Frank Chiaramonte, Ben Oda, Gene D'Angelo

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Plot Summary:

The Super-Assassins make their way to Earth to get revenge on Clark, Gim, Jo, Tinya, Brin, and Ayla for destroying their homeworld. Meanwhile, the Legion's requests for government funding to repair their Clubhouse is denied, so Garth takes a delegation to Brande. The six Legionnaires left behind go for a night on the town. Gim sulks because he has no date. They all split up at the end and Gim is defeated by Mist Master. Blok and Silver Slasher take out Brin and Ayla. Neutrax and Titania take out Jo and Tinya. They set their sights on Clark.

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